Suppose
     you are to read
          a convoluted text
     such as the one
          in front of you now.

You might find it
     easier to read
          short lines
               with indentation,
          such as a poet may do
               and James Joyce
                    should have done,
               and like a poem,
                    this text is formatted
                         to convey meaning
                    using a particular rhythm
                         and context structure
                    to demonstrate
                         that comprehension
                              might only be a matter
                                   of presentation,
          or as does a programmer,
               who often indents
                    as a way
               to organize logic,
                    although the syntax often produces very long lines,
          or anyone
               who writes an outline
                    or a table of contents
               may use
                    short indented lines
               in order to organize
                    related ideas,
     because short lines
          require less filtering
               by our eyes and brains,
          and we are less likely
               to loose our place,
     and conjunctions,
          commas, parenthesis,
               and other punctuation
          may not be enough
               to keep track
                    of relationships
                         between words
                    and phrases,
     but this system
          requires that a text
               is scrolled
                    and is thus
                         more appropriate
                    in digital
                         rather than
                    printed form,
               where efficiency
                    is more valuable
                         than brevity.

I may not have
     faithfully recreated
          the Visual-Syntactic
               Text Format
          as published,
     but none the less,
          I hope to have
               demonstrated either
          its annoying aspects
               or its advantages. 

What do you think?